Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.14

7.4.52_38.14

etat paśupatiproktaṃ vrataṃ pāśupataṃ purā .
yad bhasmanā pavitreṇa snānaṃ snānebhya uttamam . . 11 6. .
ete bhagavatovaśya192 manugrāhyāḥ193 surottamāḥ .
bhasma yena praviṣṭāstu194 tasmānmaitān vināśaya .. 1 17. .
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171 bhaveyurasandehaḥ - ka. kha. . 172 kṣaṇepica - kha. . 173 vā - ka. . 174 yuddhavātamralocanā - ka. kha. . 175... daśanāṃ - kha. . 176 gatiṃ - gha . 177... grāṃ - ka. . 178 ... lāsidhāriṇīm - ka. . 179.. .sāṃ - kha. . 180 sāhasrāṃ - kha. . 181 dehaṃ prakīrtitam - ka. . 182 vardhamānāśca - gha. . 183 tatyajuḥ - gha. . 184 kālakarṇabhayāt - ka, nyā - kha,, kalpa - gha. . 185 purā - gha. . 186 devāste - gha. . 187 devo - ka., devīṃ - kha . 188 devī - ka. kha. . 189 mā dhāva - gha. . 190 pāśupatā- ka. gha. . 191 nirdagdhamūrtayaḥ- gha. . 192 vaśyā - ka. . 193... gṛhyā - kha. . 194... ste - ka. .
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raudrāḥ paśava ete hi praveśād bhasmasodhunā195 .
jātāśca gaṇapāḥ sarve hantavyā na tvayeśvari ..1 18..
naiṣāṃ mṛtyuḥ prabhavati śaṅkarārpitacetasām .
mayā hyetat196 vrataṃ śarvaṃ caritaṃ sārvakāmikam197 ..1 1 9. .
ityuktā198 kālakarṇī tu devyā199 bhairavarūpiṇī .
nyavartata surebhyastu200 kopaṃ tatyāja cotthitam201 . . 8.32.120 . .
kālakarṇīṃ nivṛttāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tepi202 surāstataḥ203 .
śāntañca bhayamatyugraṃ tuṣṭuvurhimavatsutām ..1 21 . .
devā ūcuḥ
haravaramahiṣīṃ mahādevapatnīṃ
priyāṃ tryambakasyāmbikāṃ vācamekā-
kṣarāṃ204 lokasaṃhārakartrīmumāṃ de-
vadevasya pātnīṃ śubhāṃ śaṃkhakunde-

This is the Pāśupata observance formerly proclaimed by Paśupati, / namely, that ritual ablution with holy ashes is the highest of all ritual ablutions. / These foremost of the gods are surely to be favored by the Blessed Lord. / Since they have entered into the ashes, do not destroy them! / - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- / [Footnotes to text: 171 bhaveyurasandehaḥ - ka. kha. . 172 kṣaṇepica - kha. . 173 vā - ka. . 174 yuddhavātamralocanā - ka. kha. . 175... daśanāṃ - kha. . 176 gatiṃ - gha . 177... grāṃ - ka. . 178 ... lāsidhāriṇīm - ka. . 179.. .sāṃ - kha. . 180 sāhasrāṃ - kha. . 181 dehaṃ prakīrtitam - ka. . 182 vardhamānāśca - gha. . 183 tatyajuḥ - gha. . 184 kālakarṇabhayāt - ka, nyā - kha,, kalpa - gha. . 185 purā - gha. . 186 devāste - gha. . 187 devo - ka., devīṃ - kha . 188 devī - ka. kha. . 189 mā dhāva - gha. . 190 pāśupatā- ka. gha. . 191 nirdagdhamūrtayaḥ- gha. . 192 vaśyā - ka. . 193... gṛhyā - kha. . 194... ste - ka. .] / - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- / For, by their entering into the ashes, these creatures of Rudra now / have all become leaders of the gaṇas, O Sovereign Lady; they must not be slain by you. / Death has no power over those whose minds are offered to Śaṅkara. / Indeed, this observance sacred to Śarva, which fulfills all desires, was performed by me." / Having been addressed thus by the Goddess, Kālakarṇī of terrifying form / turned back from the gods and abandoned the anger that had arisen. / Having seen that Kālakarṇī had turned back / and that the fierce danger had ceased, the gods praised the daughter of the Himavat. / The gods said: / "To the supreme queen of Hara, the wife of Mahādeva, / the beloved of Tryambaka, Ambikā, the monosyllabic speech, / the agent of the cosmic destruction of the world, Umā, / the auspicious wife of the God of gods, who [shines like] a conch and kunda [flower]—